Finish Line Visa Sponsorship USA

INTRODUCTION

The Area Sales Manager is responsible for multi-unit store leadership by providing a consistent brand experience for our customers by teaching, coaching, cascading, and ensuring alignment of the vision and strategy of the organization. This individual will effectively exhibit JD Finish Line’s core values of Customer, People, Winning, Community, and Financial Responsibility in everything they do by performing the following main duties:

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

- Leads an Area of JD Finish Line stores to provide a premium customer experience that drives overall comp gains, ensuring that JD Finish Line is the most relevant omni-channel retailer by putting the customer first in everything we do.
- Holds responsibility for delivering, maintaining, and shifting the culture of their District in order to stay aligned with company strategy.
- Responsible for maintaining sales levels and profits by ensuring alignment with the organizational strategy focused on driving and sustaining comp sales gains.
- Accurately assesses the performance of Store Managers, Assistant Managers, and Associates in the area and effectively provides coaching and performance feedback through virtual and in-person store visits.
- Trains and develops Store Managers through identifying strengths and opportunities and supporting the creation of an actionable development plan.
- Responsible to produce metric-based results that drive comp store sales gains.
- Controls labor and expenses for their Area.
- Responsible to prevent and monitor loss and shrink reports, as well as company-driven action plans to reduce shrink.
- Leads product communication for Area.
- Responsible to produce a consistent visual presentation across an entire Area that is consistent with JD Finish Line brand standards.
- Primarily responsible for maintaining desired staffing levels through store recruitment and providing the level of employee that is consistent with JD Finish Line’s customer centric culture.
- Oversees all in-store technology and primarily responsible for ensuring that all employees are fully trained, well-versed, and capable of utilizing all in-store technology.
- Supports Loss Prevention and Human Resources within the Area.
- Directly supervises Store Managers and is responsible for their understanding of the company vision.
- Provides and supports a respectful, inclusive and diverse working environment that allows our employees to be successful.
- Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
- Acts as primary liaison for communication between cross-functional corporate and field business partners, cultivating a collaborative and effective environment.
- Additional duties and projects as required.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university. At least 5 years progressive experience in the retail field in a management capacity. At least 3-4 years of successful store manager experience; multi-unit leadership strongly preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Internal experience with JD Finish Line strongly preferred.

REQUIRED COMPUTER AND/OR TECHNICAL SKILLS

Should have basic to intermediate knowledge and abilities with Google Suite software, and competence in learning how to maximize the use of new software.

The minimum requirements include the following but reasonable accommodations may be made as related to an employee’s religion, ethnicity, or disability:
- Average work week is 50-55 hours, which can vary depending on business need.
- Punctuality and regular attendance consistent with the company’s policies are required for the position.
- Must speak English clearly in order to converse with customers and effectively supervise staff.
- Must be able to read and write English and perform business-related mathematics in order to carry out normal business and understand corporate sales reports.
- Spending up to or more than 75% time traveling (by air or land).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
- Sit for more than 6 hours per shift
- Use hands to finger, handle and feel
- Reach with hands and arms
- Talk and/or hear
- Stand for up to 2 hours at a time periodically
- Walk or move from one location to another
- Occasionally may need to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch
- Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds regularly and up to 25 pounds occasionally
- The work environment for this position is a moderately noisy home office setting and/or moderately noisy retail environment.
- Additional duties and projects as required.

The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary basis per company policy.

COMPENSATION

- Pay range: $90,000 - $100,000 (Depending on Experience); Performance based bonus. This role will be eligible for medical, dental, vision, 401k, sick leave, parental leave, and company paid time off plan.

This job description is not intended to cover all aspects, duties, and/or responsibilities required of employees. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary or permanent basis per company policy. The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice.

EEO STATEMENT

The Finish Line, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to complying with all federal, state, and local EEO laws. The Finish Line, Inc. prohibits discrimination against employees and applicants for employment based on race or color, religion or creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, marital status, sex, pregnancy status, age, military status, disability, or any other characteristic or class protected by law. The Finish Line, Inc. provides reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws, including for disabilities, pregnancy, and religious practices.

Need accessibility assistance to apply?

Applicants who require accessibility assistance to submit an employment application can either call Finish Line at (317) 613-6890 or email us at talentacquisition@finishline.com. A member of our Talent Acquisition team will respond as soon as reasonably possible. (This email address and phone number is only for individuals seeking accommodation when applying for a job.)